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Originally Posted by Lebenz
In fairness to this comment, the need for backups has been know since the dawn of the computer age. It is not a direct or indirect responsibility of MS that hard drives fail. Hard drives are the very definition of state of the art technology, and absolutely no one should use a computer without a) a backup and b) one should never use a hard drive out of warranty.
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Interesting stuff which I needed to hear. If I could pick your brain briefly...
I've got a Gateway laptop with the Pentium M 1.5 GHz processor. While I understand they run cooler than previous models, it's not a good idea to leave one of these on 24/7 is it? I get the impression that with desktops it's less wear and tear to just leave them on.
Sometimes, I boot up and shut down 2 or 3 times a day. Is this ultimate folly or pragamatic prudence? You mention that this sort of thing likely as not will not affect the lifespan of the hard drive but I imagine there would be a limit to that.
Should I just get an external hard drive and back it up once every week or two? My previous laptop, a dell with the dreaded Me, died, or the hard drive did after about 4 years of use, and I would like to avoid that scenario this time around.
Say, did you ever go to the old "Last Exit on Brooklyn" coffee shop/cafe, over in the U district? It shut down in '92. The end of an era...